"Burma evoked the lost Kenyan soldiers who served in the war. You never hear about them. There were a significant number of casualties, men who never came back home. But they're never commemorated."

-- Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

#War Quotes #Home Quotes #Men Quotes

“I don't like to have anybody tell me to be in a place at certain times. That's kind of the advantage of stand up. You're self-employed.”
“Our enemy is motivated by hatred and will not stop planning more plots against until they are ultimately defeated. Today was an important and necessary victory in the war, but there is a long road ahead. We must remain committed if we are to succeed and protect our liberty.”
“I love flat shoes, more so than heels. One of my obsessions is men's co-respondent lace-ups.”
“I was a total education geek. I loved school. I loved learning. I loved doing homework. All of my books and notebooks from high school are underlined and highlighted and there are notes all over the margins. And you know, I was a theater kid too. I was all over the place.”
“When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your face, it was torture.”
“All long-term social change comes from the successful efforts of one or another struggling organizations to capture the minds of a hard core of future leaders.”
“Rest, brother, rest. Have you done ill or well Rest, rest, There is no God, no gods who dwell Crowned with avenging righteousness on high Nor frowning ministers of their hate in hell.”
“I embrace my weirdness and the things I maybe didn't used to love about myself. Those are things that make me different.”

Source : Source: elitedaily.com

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